As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:

The problem presented is outside the control or influence of the problem presenter and the team. For instance: A consultants presents about an organization he does not consult for – Organization A has a culture of fear.

As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:

The team is shifting in their understanding of the true nature of the problem. For instance the original problem is presented as “How should we restructure the organization for efficiency?” and they are shifting to “The communication between team members has eroded to the point that we work against each other instead of helping each other.”

As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:

The problem presenter decides to test the team by giving mis-information to the team. By the time this becomes apparent, many of the team members are upset to varying degrees.

As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:

All of the questions are directed at the problem presenter. During the check-in the problem presenter says – “I feel like I am on a firing line.”

As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:

During the last check-in the team agreed that, they need to use more open question, yet they continue to ask mostly close questioned. Even with the closed questions, the responses are open. You’ve tried asking “what question are you answering?” they say that one, you add “what was that question?”, recognizing it was a closed question they give a closed answer and go right back to the behavior of closed question followed by an open answer.

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As an Action Learning Coach how would you handle the following situation:

The problem presenter is the owner of the business you are coaching a team for. Every question he is asked he gives much more information than was asked for. You’ve asked him what question he is answering several times and he says ‘that one’ and continues to add additional information.